Writer Jon Savage's new documentary Teenage examines a period in history when there were two kinds of people - the old, and the young, and looks closely at how the word Teenage developed, both as a term and as a cultural marker. Here is the trailer and two interviews with the author.
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Reading List for Collective Identity
Although books in Media tend to become obsolete quickly, given the nature of the subject, there are some very good books that won't go out of date and which we would recommend you dip into to develop your understanding of the Collective Identity unit. Below are the titles of the books, along with the library shelf-reference, for ease of finding in our college library. Each of these titles has more than one copy:
'Television Culture' by John Fiske 302.23.FIS
We will be focusing on John Fiske as one of our theorists. We look at his theory when exploring representations of teenagers found in television programmes.
'Making is Connecting' by David Gauntlett 302.23.GAU
This book is all about how we use the media to understand ourselves and to connect with other people who share similar ideas and beliefs as us. This book is useful when we move on to looking at web 2.0 and internet texts.
'Key Themes in Media Theory' by Dan Laughey 302.23.LAU
This is a general book that covers lots of the theories and ideas that the A2 unit focuses on. Easy to read.
'Understanding Representation' by Wendy Helsby 302.2301.UND
A good general book for developing your understanding of representation in the media in general;
'Media, Gender and Identity' by David Gauntlett 302.2308.GAU
This book explores identity in detail and is a good text for expanding your understanding of the key themes in the Collective Identity unit.
'OCR Media Studies for A2' by Julian McDougall 302.23.MCD
This is the companion guide to the syllabus that you are studying. It's a little outdated but has some good ideas for organising your revision and preparing for the exam. Definitely worth looking at.
'Television Culture' by John Fiske 302.23.FIS
We will be focusing on John Fiske as one of our theorists. We look at his theory when exploring representations of teenagers found in television programmes.
'Making is Connecting' by David Gauntlett 302.23.GAU
This book is all about how we use the media to understand ourselves and to connect with other people who share similar ideas and beliefs as us. This book is useful when we move on to looking at web 2.0 and internet texts.
'Key Themes in Media Theory' by Dan Laughey 302.23.LAU
This is a general book that covers lots of the theories and ideas that the A2 unit focuses on. Easy to read.
'Understanding Representation' by Wendy Helsby 302.2301.UND
A good general book for developing your understanding of representation in the media in general;
'Media, Gender and Identity' by David Gauntlett 302.2308.GAU
This book explores identity in detail and is a good text for expanding your understanding of the key themes in the Collective Identity unit.
'OCR Media Studies for A2' by Julian McDougall 302.23.MCD
This is the companion guide to the syllabus that you are studying. It's a little outdated but has some good ideas for organising your revision and preparing for the exam. Definitely worth looking at.
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